chapter 89

{"messages":[{"id":928079046,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"" I will love you forever ... ""},{"id":928079047,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"THEY’D made love again during the night and Jillian woke early the next morning still wrapped in Vittorio’s arms ..."},{"id":928079048,"character_id":0,"type":3,"position":0,"image_path":"contribute/fiction/3285001/chatstory/50638/1640731005824.jpg","image_width":225,"image_height":118},{"id":928079049,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"It was the most amazing feeling in the world to wake in his arms ..."},{"id":928079050,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"The most amazing thing to feel so safe ..."},{"id":928079051,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"So loved ..."},{"id":928079052,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Because in his arms, against his warm chest, she felt loved ..."},{"id":928079053,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She felt perfect ..."},{"id":928079054,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"This was perfect. He was perfect. They could make this work, they could ..."},{"id":928079055,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( Turning in Vitt’s arms, she pressed her cheek to his firm chest )"},{"id":928079056,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( Closing her eyes she listened to the steady beat of his heart )"},{"id":928079057,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She loved listening to his heart ..."},{"id":928079058,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"It made everything simple and real ..."},{"id":928079059,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"He was a man. She was a woman. And they fit together ..."},{"id":928079060,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"What are you thinking about, cara? ..."},{"id":928079061,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Vitt’s deep voice asked, rumbling through her ..."},{"id":928079062,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"You. Me. Us. Everything ..."},{"id":928079063,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"All without coffee? ..."},{"id":928079064,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( he teased, lifting a hand to stroke her hair )"},{"id":928079065,"character_id":0,"type":3,"position":0,"image_path":"contribute/fiction/3285001/chatstory/50638/1640731009007.jpg","image_width":250,"image_height":141},{"id":928079066,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Mmm .."},{"id":928079067,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She smiled, snuggled closer, sliding one of her bare legs between his )"},{"id":928079068,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I loved last night. Thank you ..."},{"id":928079069,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"My family was delighted to meet you too ..."},{"id":928079070,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She giggled against him )"},{"id":928079071,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"You know that’s not what I mean ..."},{"id":928079072,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I was referring to us. Making love.... It felt really ... good ..... ( shy )"},{"id":928079073,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( Continued to slowly, lazily stroke her hair, his hand running from the top of her head all the way down to her back )"},{"id":928079074,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"It was good ..."},{"id":928079075,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She felt like a cat beneath his caress ..."},{"id":928079076,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( she arched a little with the pleasure )"},{"id":928079077,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I did like meeting your family though ..."},{"id":928079078,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"And I adored your grandmother, as well as your father ..."},{"id":928079079,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"You look so much like your father. Do you hear that often? ..."},{"id":928079080,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I do ..."},{"id":928079081,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She pictured his father and the wheelchair with the ventilator tucked beneath ..."},{"id":928079082,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Where was he shot? ..."},{"id":928079083,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"He took a bullet in the back. Well, five actually ..."},{"id":928079084,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"But the one that severed his spinal column was the one that nearly killed him ..."},{"id":928079085,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( He paused for sometime )"},{"id":928079086,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Thank God it didn’t. But he was in and out of hospitals for the next two years ..."},{"id":928079087,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Sometimes he still gets very sick ..."},{"id":928079088,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She struggled to process what he’d told her ..."},{"id":928079089,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"But who actually shot him?..."},{"id":928079090,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"A member of the cosca ..."},{"id":928079091,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Note : " cosca means Mafia clan or association ""},{"id":928079092,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"As I told you last night, he wanted out ..."},{"id":928079093,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I was seventeen, the age many men join the brotherhood, but he made it clear that I wouldn’t, nor would any of my children ..."},{"id":928079094,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I didn’t think you could just walk away ..."},{"id":928079095,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I can’t ..."},{"id":928079096,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She heard the pain in his voice and moved closer )"},{"id":928079097,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"What happened? ..."},{"id":928079098,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( He tensed )"},{"id":928079099,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"My father announced he’d no longer be part of any criminal activity ..."},{"id":928079100,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"He made it clear he would no longer extort money or do anything bad ..."},{"id":928079101,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"( He paused, stared up at the ceiling, deep lines etched next to his mouth )"},{"id":928079102,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"We were all at dinner one night in Catania ..."},{"id":928079103,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"My father and mother, my grandparents, my uncles, their wives, a few cousins and me ..."},{"id":928079104,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"They called all the men out of the restaurant ..."},{"id":928079105,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"My father knew what will happen ..."},{"id":928079106,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"After all, he’d been a member for years, just as my grandfather had been ..."},{"id":928079107,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"He told everyone to stay ..that he alone would go out ..."},{"id":928079108,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"But My grandfather and uncle refused to let him go alone ..."},{"id":928079109,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"And ..."},{"id":928079110,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"They shot them all ..."},{"id":928079111,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"To Be Continued ..."}]}